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This study is the first concentrated investigation of the Old English Book of Consolation Meters, associated with King Alfred’s court. These Alfredian poems, which have long been neglected, recapture poetic ideas from their Latin model, Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae. This volume examines the Meters as poetic responses to the prose passages of the Froferboc. The poetry provides allusive commentary on the prose as it echoes poetic ideas in Boethius’ poetry. It is the first study to benefit from the recent edition of the Froferboc, the first printed edition to restore the prosimetrum format presented in the earliest manuscript.

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Acknowledgements Kurt Otten: Foreword Introduction The Alfredian Boethius The Alfredian World View in the Poetry Cultivating Ingeðonc (“Inner Thought”) Meditative Imagery: The Landscape of the Mind Bibliography Index

Ræd and Frofer: Christian Poetics in the Old English Froferboc Meters

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: 01/01/2012
      ISBN13: 9789042035539, 978-9042035539
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study is the first concentrated investigation of the Old English Book of Consolation Meters, associated with King Alfred’s court. These Alfredian poems, which have long been neglected, recapture poetic ideas from their Latin model, Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae. This volume examines the Meters as poetic responses to the prose passages of the Froferboc. The poetry provides allusive commentary on the prose as it echoes poetic ideas in Boethius’ poetry. It is the first study to benefit from the recent edition of the Froferboc, the first printed edition to restore the prosimetrum format presented in the earliest manuscript.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Kurt Otten: Foreword Introduction The Alfredian Boethius The Alfredian World View in the Poetry Cultivating Ingeðonc (“Inner Thought”) Meditative Imagery: The Landscape of the Mind Bibliography Index

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